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S. B. WILLIAMS.

PLOW.

No. 317,260. Patented May 5, 1885.

WITNESSES ATTORN EYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL B. WILLIAMS, OF SAILORS REST, TENNESSEE.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,260, dated May 5,1885.

Application filed December 26, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, S. B. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sailors Rest, in the county of Montgomery and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- actdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure lot the drawings is a perspective view of a plow, showing mydevice applied; and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the attachment.

This invention has relation to plow attachments for pulverizing theearth as it is thrown up in a furrow by the mold-board of any ordinaryplow. The invention is designed as an improvement upon the patentgranted to me November 20, 1883, No. 288,904; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of devices, as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth, and particular pointed out in the claim appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A indicates a plow,which may be of any ordinary construction.

B indicates the pulverizing attachment, which may have its cutting orpulverizing blades arranged substantially as shown in my patent abovereferred to. The inner end, a, of the bar I) of this attachment is bentupwardly at right angles to the main'or body portion thereof, and isdesigned to engage closely the outer side of the plow stem or standardon the moldboard side of the plow.

0 indicates a saddle-clip, which may be of any suitable form, having itsarms or branches passing around the standard of the plow and the shortrectangular portion a of the attachment.

The free ends of the clip-arms may be threaded to receive securing-nuts,and a plate having its opposite ends perforated may be employed insecuring the attachment to the standard, the said plate being passedover the arms of the saddle-clip and interposed between theplow-standard and the said locking or securing nuts.

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By this construction it will be seen that the attachment is made muchlighter, and can therefore be manufactured at a much less expense. Itrequires no change or alteration in any plow to attach the device, andthe objectionable necessity of boring holes through the plow-beam forconnecting it is avoided, the connection being made with the standard.

As well as weakening the beam, the attachment of my device thereto hasheretofore been very objectionable, as the construction of some plowswill not permit the proper location of the attachment with relation tothe plowshovel without a great waste in material. Therefore theattachment of my device to the standard, and the cheap and simple mannerin which the same is accomplished, I consider of great value andimportance.

In my patent referred to it will be seen that the lateral or horizontalbranch of the pulverizing attachment is at right angles to the verticalbranch, and the latter being secured to the beam will not permit alow-down adjustment of the blades. It will also be seen that by myimproved form and its attachment to the standard instead of the beamthis object is accomplished.

I attach importance to the peculiar form of the lateral branch b, as byhaving the upward bend d the said branch is allowed to be dropped as lowas desired, and when in such position may have a bearing upon the upperedge of the mold-board of the plow, as more fully shown in Fig. l.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved element in plow attachments of the character described,the bar 6, having the short vertical branch a, and the intermediatetwisted portion provided with the upward bend d, to rise over the upperedge of the mold-board, as shown, the whole adapted to serve with and beadjusted upon the standard of a plow, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL B. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. NEBLETT, R. D. MASELY.

